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The Welsh Baptist missionary, Timothy Richard, served for over
forty years in China from 1870 and became a household name among
educated Chinese. Largely forgotten for decades, his amazing life
is reintroduced in this most welcome volume. In 1880, Richard first
articulated a vision for modern higher education as the basis for
overall progress in China. His influence grew, along with high
official honours, after 1891 when he became general secretary of
the Christian Literature Society and continued as a leader in the
Educational Association of China. By the mid-1890s, many Chinese
scholars and officials began to embrace his expanding vision and
approach to reform. After the 1900 Boxer Uprising, Richard was
invited by the Chinese government to represent Protestant missions,
advising and mediating the settlement for the losses of life and
property, especially heavy in Shanxi. Following his recommendation,
which received Imperial approval by June 1901, the province paid a
fine, but it was used to found a college of Western learning in its
capital city. The Imperial University of Shansi (now Shanxi
University), with Chinese and Western Learning Departments,
overseen by Richard and the provincial governor as joint
chancellors, was to serve as the model institution in a national
system of modern higher education.
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